Slav Defense — opening family

52 catalogued lines · ECO D10–D19

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

Main continuations

Nf3 · 41 Nc3 · 5 cxd5 · 3 e4 · 1

All 52 lines

Name	ECO	Main line length
Slav Defense	D10	4 plies
Slav Defense: Diemer Gambit	D10	5 plies
Slav Defense	D10	5 plies
Slav Defense: Modern Line	D11	5 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation	D10	5 plies
Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit	D10	6 plies
Slav Defense	D10	6 plies
Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit	D10	7 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation	D11	7 plies
Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack	D10	7 plies
Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit	D11	7 plies
Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation	D15	7 plies
Slav Defense: Breyer Variation	D11	7 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Pin Defense	D11	8 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense	D12	8 plies
Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation	D15	8 plies
Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation	D15	8 plies
Slav Defense: Süchting Variation	D15	8 plies
Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack	D15	8 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation	D13	8 plies
Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation, Advance System	D15	9 plies
Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation	D15	9 plies
Slav Defense: Geller Gambit	D15	9 plies
Slav Defense: Alapin Variation	D16	9 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Boor Attack	D10	9 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense	D12	10 plies
Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation	D15	10 plies
Slav Defense: Modern Line	D11	10 plies
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation	D16	10 plies
Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation	D16	10 plies
Slav Defense: Steiner Variation	D16	10 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation	D17	10 plies
Slav Defense: Modern Line	D11	11 plies
Slav Defense: Geller Gambit	D15	11 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System	D18	11 plies
Slav Defense: Modern Line	D11	11 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack	D17	11 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Bled Attack	D17	11 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Schallopp Variation	D13	11 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation	D17	12 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation	D18	12 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Symmetrical Line	D14	12 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack, Fazekas Gambit	D17	13 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation	D12	14 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation, Sharp Line	D17	15 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation	D19	15 plies
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation	D12	15 plies
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation	D14	16 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Carlsbad Variation	D17	16 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line	D19	17 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation, Sämisch Variation	D19	19 plies
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Carlsbad Variation, Morozevich Variation	D17	22 plies